Looks like they have the schedule up on the main BAC website now. There will of course be socializing, and venue setup happening prior to 6pm on Friday, but the competition component will not be starting before then.

Hi Cameron – your registration is in there (three times actually!) – the automated confirmation email probably was caught in your spam folder. We’ve seen that the gmail accounts have a tendency to spam these out fairly regularly.

It is unfortunate that the competition is close to the religious days/holiday. However, on the other hand there are many people that do not celebrate. Not everything at times can be accommodated as we want.

The organizers and those attending from out of the Bay Area probably aren’t Christians since if they were they probably would want to be home with their families celebrating the most important Christian day.

A qualifying spot at the World Yo-Yo Contest is attained by winning a National Contest or placing in the top 10 at a National Contest. Regional or State Contests in the US don’t earn a spot into the Prelims or Semi-Finals at Worlds.

On registration it says that each non 1A division will be seperate, but the contest website says it will be open division as a whole. Which one is it? Are prelims definately randomized music? Are non 1A divisions 1 or 2 minutes?

1A & 5A will be separate. Open will be 2A, 3A, 4A. Time limits will depend on number of registrants so be prepared for both. If you upload music before the cutoff you will use that music, if you don’t it is random in prelims

Registration for the contest will be posted here one the division details are finalized by the organizers – it will be in the navigation menu on the right side of the screen – as well as linked through the main website for the event.

Ultimately that will depend on the number of competitors registered to compete in 4A. Based on historic trends and competitor counts, we are anticipating that Open Qualifying (Wildcard) will only be necessary for 1A.

Hi Noel – it will ultimately depending on the number of registered competitors in a division. For 2A, we will make the call after registration closes regarding the ability to bypass the Open Qualifying and/or Prelims rounds.

But to summarize – for semi-finals in 1A, the top 20 from prelims plus any pre-seeded competitors, then top 10 from prelims plus previous years National Champion go to Finals. For 2A, 3A, 4A, and 5A, it’s top 10 and top 5 respectively.

It will ultimately depend on the number of competitors registered into 4A – however, based on entries at this point, I don’t anticipate needing run the open qualifying for 4A. Once registration closes, the call will be made regarding the rounds that need to be run. -> Thad

You do not have to live in Texas to compete. For the purposes of ‘State Champion’ and similar rankings however, only the residents of the state will be considered. But everyone is welcome to participate.

My son is getting good quick. He’s 11. Is this something that will entertain his passion or intimidate him ? He has an instaghram started and wants to get sponsersd. Is this a place to meet and greet some of his yoyo heros ? Looking for Inspiration?

We’ve never been to this particular event but we have travelled a good bit to attend different competitions and I’d have to say that we’ve never encountered anything but fun…the competitions are typically a laid back and casual atmosphere and the experienced yoyoers are often willing to help out and cheer on the younger (either by age or experience) crowd…good luck to your son! And be prepared to dodge yoyos for many years to come…my son is 18 and ALWAYS has a yoyo with him!! 🙂

The main contest website listed has not been updated so there is no information about the 2018 united yoyo contest. We are wondering how much it costs to just watch it. Also how much to enter etc. Any information is helpful thank you!

Please move 1a prelims back to the main stage this year. They close the blinds in the loft where prelims has been held since 2015 compared to the stage lighting which makes the players/judges able to see the string.